I Had No Problem With Citizens Packing
Good for you, you held up your end well and changed his mind. Some cops don't like the idea that they are no longer the only ones who can carry, don't ask me why.
I'm a retired cop too. I was never in the traffic division and so as a district officer I never pulled over a lot of people for
some small traffic infraction. (Too busy) But, some of the few times I did and saw some Iver Johnson or similar hand gun laying on the passenger side and a woman driving my concern was who recommended something like that to her. I'd advise her to get something reliable and of a different caliber.
I've always felt the armed citizen (2nd Amendment) was a positive thing. We actually have no idea how many workable handguns are in this country of over 350 million people. But, given that we have a very responsible bunch of people actually considering the number of people who've been shot by whatever cause.
Its sort of like seat belts. We don't hear the stats on people dying because they were wearing a seat belt. Regarding that, if all of those canals (sugar growers) in South Florida was checked a lot of cars would be discovered! I never saw a guard rail along side any of them when I lived there. Yet. Cars go off the road, land upside
down and the driver isn't likely to be able to get out.
We had a friend who drove off one. (Likey had downed a few, knowing her) Luck was on her side. A guy in a passing vehicle saw
her tail lights glowing. Both guys got her out.
A car was recently discovered from 1968!
We hear too many stories (another today) about little kids getting hold of their mother's firearm and he shot two people. Both had non-life threatening wounds.
We don't hear about lives saved because of an armed citizen. We
know why.
Hang in there, my friend.
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
-- George Orwell